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Welcome Visiting Professor:

Dr. Sonja Payne

Dr. Sonja Payne will be a Visiting Professor for the Queen’s University Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024.

At 0700 hours in Richardson Amphitheatre Dr. Payne will present Grand Rounds. Dr. Payne’s Grand Rounds topic is called, Perioperative Decisions for the Patient with Chronic Liver Disease: An Anesthetist’s Dilemma.

From 0830 hours - 1130 hours, in Richardson Amphitheatre, Dr. Payne will present for the Resident Academic Program to the Anesthesiology Department’s Residents. The topic is called, Reflective Practice & Decision Making in Anesthesia.

Dr. Sonja Payne was awarded her medical degree from Western University in 2004.
She subsequently relocated to the United Kingdom where she successfully completed a Master’s of Science degree in Evidence-Based Practice from York University.
Dr. Payne pursued her postgraduate anesthetic medical training in Bristol, UK where she became a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2012.
She subsequently completed clinical fellowships in Transplant Anesthesia at the London Health Sciences Centre and Neuroanesthesia at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
Dr. Payne is the current Director of Transplant Anesthesia at London Health Sciences Centre.